Composer: Edson Duarte
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The English translation is below the Portuguese lyrics
Full lyrics
Arrebentaram a pinguela da viuva
O finado Mané do Cacimbão
Água pra gente agora só da cuva
A cacimba não tem agua mais
O finado quando ainda vivia
Tudo bem era bom conservador
Era prego na pinguela todo dia
Dava água e nunca se incomodou.
Mas a Viúva achando desaforo
Uma falta de consideração
Já falou em fechar sua pinguela
Diz que em breve vai pôr tudo no chão
Botou pregos, arames e madeiras
No lugar que passava, pôs cancela
Nem que morra na vila, tudo seco
Ninguem mexe mais na pinguela dela
Na pinguela dela, na pinguela dela
Água lá nem de moringa
Passa na pinguela dela.
Translation
They broke the widow's footbridge
The late Mané do Cacimbão
Now we only get water from the cuva
The well has no more water
The deceased, when he was still alive
Everything was fine, he was a good caretaker
He hammered nails into the footbridge every day
He gave water and never bothered anyone.
But the Widow, finding it an outrage
A lack of consideration
Has already talked about closing her footbridge
Says she will soon put everything on the ground
She put nails, wires and wood
In the place where people passed, she put a gate
Even if everyone in the village dies of thirst
No one touches her footbridge anymore
On her footbridge, on her footbridge
Not even water in a clay pot there
Passes on her footbridge.
On her footbridge, on her footbridge
Not even water in a clay pot there
Passes on her footbridge.
On her footbridge, on her footbridge
Not even water in a clay pot there
Passes on her footbridge.
